Thursday, 10 July 2014

Freely available books (Not just woodworking) on the internet

I was tasked by my wife Elly recently to find a copy of Ernest Hemingway's "Farewall to Arms". I saw the Kindle edition on Amazon for a few £s. I then thought as this is a classic it may be free somewhere else.

It is :)

I found the scanned 1929 version on archive.org it was freely available to download on PDF, kindle and many other formats.
Looking around on the site I searched for "woodwork" or "woodworking" and there is a mountain of books in there, both old and new, that are freely available for everyone to download and read. I'm currently reading "Elementary Woodworking" by Edwin Foster a 1903 tome. Everything in there is just as relevant in 2014 as it was in 1903.

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About Me

I'm Terry McKnight from the North West of England and a woodworker of many years experience. I have been playing and building guitars/stringed musical instruments for a long time. Whilst looking for a bandsaw tune up video I found Marc Spagnuolo's The Woodwhisperer website. From that I then got interested in all things woodworking and discovered the world of cabinet making. I had my shop totally rebuilt from bottom to top late 2012 and it suits my workflow.

My blog is the everyday ramblings of an enthusiastic and passionate woodworker. I hope you find it interesting. If you are seeing this from another of my blogs then the url is tmcwoodworks.blogspot.com

I work in computers for a day job and have done for many, many years. IT is so last year :)

I'm also a licensed radio amateur G8YPH (since 1979 qualified 1980) and maintain another blog at G8YPH.blogspot.com.

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